Thunder Thermal Pad Instructions
Thunder Thermal Pad Instructions
Why do I need thermal pad?
Thermal pad helps to reduce the temperature on your SSD during operation (by at least 15C, depends on SSD you use) and increase your SSD’s longevity.How to apply it?
1. Peel one side of plastic cover2. Carefully apply the pad’s sticky side covering SSD’s controller chip, see pictures below
3. Peel off the remaining plastic cover
4. Follow the rest of Thunder Installation Guide
Note: Controller is the brain of an SSD and it’s the hottest place, therefore it needs cooling. Each SSD looks different, but the controller is always the big chip near the connection pins
Note: if you re-open the Thunder’s cover after thermal pad is applied, the cover may appear to be sticky from the bottom, please use caution. The thermal pad may also stick itself to the cover after you re-open it, this is totally ok. Thermal pad works as long as it has contact between the hottest place on SSD (Controller) and the cover.
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